April 21, 2012

Less Lee for Phil Lees

That ten inning outing by Cliff Lee cost the Phillies the services of one of their aces:

The Philadelphia Phillies placed Cliff Lee on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday, three days after he strained a muscle in his left side in the 10th inning of his gem at San Francisco.

“We’re being very cautious with this,” general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. “There’s no reason for him to kind of completely blow it out because it’s an injury that if he hurts himself and really pulls it, we could lose him for a long time. We’ll shut him down, get him right and hopefully he’ll miss only a couple of starts and go from there.”

That’s pretty optimistic. The Phillies are four games out of first place, so I guess they feel they have plenty of time to catch up.

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